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Volume 6: Issue 2 2010A publication of the Archdiocese of HobartComplimentary

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NEWS

Centacare’s Aged Care Housing

FEATURES

St Brigid’s shines once more

12 - 13

FEATURES

Year of the priest

14 - 15

Editor

Pip Atkinson

(03) 6208 6230

Production and Design

Cherie O’Meara

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Phone: (03) 6208 6222 Fax: (03) 6208 6293

Business Manager

Peter Cusick CPA

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Tasmanian Catholic Justice

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Catholic Diocesan Centre35 Tower Road New Town 7008, GPO Box 62 Hobart 7001

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Vicar General

Fr Mark Freeman VG

PO Box 62 Cygnet 7112

Phone: (03) 6295 1239 Fax: (03) 6295 1013

Chancellor

Fr Terry Rush VF PP

PO Box 42 Richmond 7025

Phone/Fax: (03) 6260 2189

Catholic Youth Ministry Chaplain

Fr Richard Ross

Phone: (03) 6326 1970

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Phone: (03) 6210 8888

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Phone: (03) 6234 4463

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Hobart 35 Tower Road New Town 7008

Phone: (03) 6278 1660

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Phone: (03) 6431 8555

Devonport 85 Best Street Devonport 7310

Phone: (03) 6423 6100

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Phone: (03) 6208 6000

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INSIDE THIS ISSUEThe Resurrection 1

News in Brief 2– 4

Archbishop Doyle writes 5

Feature

Centacare steps in to Aged Care Housing 6

News

Eureka Street’s essay competition 7

Feature

The Resurrection of Jesus Christ by Fr Dudley Perera 8-9

Social Commentary

The Bread of Life 10

Parish News

Josephites celebrate opening of History Centre 11

St Brigid’s shines once more 12-13

Feature

Life as a Priest: Fr Mike Delaney 14-15

Pastoral Life

Fr Peter’s return to the Holy Land 17

My Camino by Terry Smee 18-19

Parliament of World’s Religions 20

International News

Traditional Communion host makers hurt by competition 21

Pastoral Life

Celebrate the gift of ageing 22

Make Aged Care an entitlement 23

TCJPC 24

Lifestyle

Book and film reviews 26–27

Kids’ 5

School and College News

GYC students whistle for solidarity 29

The Question Box 30

Weddings

Emily Finch and Shaun Woods 31

Obituary

Mary Guy 32

A section from Mather Brown’s painting of The Resurrection, 1830, which has spent the last two years being restored. For the full image and story see adjacent page.

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This Easter this magnificent painting, The Resurrection, will be

unveiled by the Passionists at St Joseph’s Church, Hobart, after

having spent two years in Melbourne undergoing restoration.

The restorer, George Giannis, said the painting had suffered

extensive water and moisture damage, which had in turn caused parts

of the linen painting to rot. Another problem was the darkening and

yellowing of the varnish over the entire painting, almost completely

obscuring the figures on the lower half of the painting.

Mr Giannis said the only portion of the painting which was relatively

clear was the figure of Christ Himself, although this portion, too, was

affected by discolouration.

“We are very, very happy with the result, however. There would

be no one in Tasmania now who has seen the painting as it originally

appeared, up until now,” said Mr Giannis.

The two large important oil

paintings of The Resurrection

and The Adoration of the Wise

Men, by the early American artist

Mather Brown, are a precious

link with the earliest days of the

Catholic community in southern

Tasmania.

Of the major early American

artists, painter and portraitist

Mather Brown (1761–1831) is the

least known. Born and reared in

Boston, Massachusetts, Brown

began a successful career in London

where he became the favourite

portrait painter of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, and the official

portraitist of two of George III’s sons, Frederick Augustus, Duke of York,

and the Prince of Wales, later King George IV.

He was one of only two American painters to hold a Royal

appointment. His 1788 portrait of Adams and his 1786 portrait of

Jefferson are regarded as major items in the iconography of the United

States of America. His large historical compositions, including a series

based on the British war in India, brought increased recognition when

engraved as prints.

Although initially highly successful, his fortunes changed with the

wartime economic depression of the early 1800s. A devout man, many

of his latter paintings were of biblical subjects. Two of the last were The

Resurrection and The Adoration of the Wise Men. Both were huge works

over three and a half metres high, painted using live models.

The Resurrection was painted in 1830 and exhibited at the British

Institution, London, No. 480. In a letter of 6 July 1830 Brown wrote: ‘I

have recently compleated [sic] an historical Painting twelve feet high,

representing the Resurrection of our blessed Saviour, with many figures,

which was placed in a centre situation in the Institution Pall Mall’.

Mather Brown died in reduced circumstances in a London boarding

house on 25 May 1831. In his will, written on 20 April 1831 and proved

on 3 June 1831, Brown left all but two of his unsold paintings to ‘William

Henry Back, the pupil of Mr Thomas Christopher Hofland (in whose

house I now reside)’. Two of these, The Adoration of the Wise Men and

The Resurrection, were shipped to Van Diemen’s Land in 1838.

When they arrived in Hobart Town the paintings were displayed in

the Argyle Rooms and were much praised in the local press. The Argyle

The ResurrectionBy Brian Andrews, Heritage Officer

“The Resurrection was painted in

1830 and exhibited at the British

Institution, London.”

Rooms were being used by Fr John Joseph Therry as a temporary

chapel pending the construction of St Joseph’s Church, Macquarie

Street. The Adoration of the Wise Men was purchased for the then

huge sum of £200 for the one-year-old St John’s Church, Richmond.

Of The Resurrection the Hobart Colonial Times for 22 May 1838 had

the following to say:

The price is so moderate – only £65 – that we cannot, for a moment,

suppose The Resurrection will be allowed to leave the Colony. The

inhabitants of Richmond have shown a good example in the purchase

of one, let us, of Hobart Town, follow that example, and purchase the

other; it would ample adorn any religious edifice in the Colony.

The Resurrection was acquired for £65 and hung in Fr Therry’s

temporary chapel, finding a permanent home in St Joseph’s, Macquarie

Street, upon its completion in December 1841. It has hung on the rear

wall behind the altar ever since.

Mather Brown (1761–1831)

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NEWS IN BRIEF

Fr Frank Brennan, Jesuit priest and

Professor of Law at Australian Catholic

University (ACU), has been appointed an

official advocate to raise awareness and

drive change for the health and welfare of

disadvantaged Australians.

He will be the ‘Catholic Advocate in

Residence’ for the St Vincent de Paul Society,

Catholic Health Australia, Catholic Social

Services Australia, and ACU’s Public Policy

Institute.

The four organisations, with the help

of Fr Brennan, have committed to work

together to improve the lives of people

who are disadvantaged and marginalized

by addressing issues that undermine their

health and welfare.

In 1995, he was awarded an Order of

Australia for his services to Indigenous

Australians and was named a Living National

Treasure in 1998 for his work on the Wik native

title debate.

Fr Brennan has worked with refugees

in East Timor and recently chaired the

Government’s National Human Rights

Consultation Committee.

Australians show compassion

Project Compassion donations have

exceeded $1 million in two weeks.

Australians have given more than $1 million

to Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion

during the first two weeks of the campaign

in a strong display of the nation’s commitment

to eradicate global poverty.

Project Compassion, the largest annual aid

and development fundraiser in Australia, was

launched nationally this February. Having

raised over $8.7 million in 2009, Caritas

Australia’s CEO, Jack de Groot, hopes to exceed

expectations setting a target of $10 million for

this year’s fundraising campaign.

“Donations assist Caritas to work in

partnership with communities who are

improving their own lives through projects

which focus on education, health, water and

sustainable agriculture: priorities which are

set out in the United Nations Millennium

Development Goals,” he said.

“Project Compassion also supports our

emergency relief efforts in disaster-stricken

nations like Haiti and Chile, ensuring an

immediate and efficient response to

communities in crisis.”

“We’re thrilled with the generous support

we’ve received from parishes and school

students so far, but we’ve set the bar high

this year and there’s a way to go,” Mr de Groot

said.

Donations can be made to Project

Compassion by phoning 1800 024 413,

on-line at www.caritas.org.au or by post

to GPO Box 9830 in your capital city.

Frank Brennan appointed advocate

Open Door weekend at St Pius X

Taroona’s St Pius X Church

will form part of Heritage

Tasmania’s Open Doors over the

weekend of Saturday 29th and

Sunday 30th May, 2010.

The distinctive building was

designed by renowned Hobart

architect Esmond Dorney and

blessed by Archbishop Guilford

Young in November 1957.

St Pius X is on the Register of

the National Estate, a nationwide

list of places with heritage

significance which is compiled by the

Australian Heritage Commission. It is often

visited by architecture students.

Pius X Church is located at 100 Channel

Highway, Taroona. The Open Door

opportunity is part of the Heritage Festival

occurring during the month of May, 2010.

For further information call parishioner

Paul O’Brien on (03) 6227 8948.

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Over many years, Australian Catholics

have contributed very generously to

the Good Friday Holy Land Collection. Last

year, you contributed $1,100,000.

Christians in the Holy Land need our

prayers and financial support more than

ever. Many have found their living conditions

intolerable. The scarcity of housing and even

evictions from their family homes and the

constant threat of violence and hatred have

forced many to abandon the Holy Land and

to seek a better life elsewhere.

The Holy Land Collection is spent on

charitable programmes for the poor: projects

for youth, support of families and of parish

communities and schools, as well as building

apartments for the poor and young couples,

plus a variety of cultural projects, educational

and pastoral programmes.

Pope Benedict XVI remarked, “The

value that St Paul attributes to this gesture

of sharing is so great that he seldom calls

it merely a ‘collection’. Rather, for him it is

‘service’, ‘blessing’, ‘gift’, ‘grace’ and even

‘liturgy’. Particularly surprising is the latter

term which gives a value that is even religious

to a collection of money: on the one hand it

is a liturgical act or ‘service’ offered by every

community to God and, on the other, it is a

loving action made for people.

Please pray for them on this Good Friday

and, where possible, assist them by giving

generously to the Good Friday Collection. You

can be assured that your donation is much

appreciated and very well spent.

Good Friday Collection 2010 for the Holy Land

Dear Editor,

The Vision and Mission Statement for the Catholic Church in Tasmania are marvellous

and comprehensive documents produced by the Working Party after much hard work,

I’m sure. But why is there no mention of the greatest prayer of all – The Mass?

It is the very basis of the our faith and the powerhouse of everything mentioned in

the documents.

Yours faithfully,

Margaret Cummins

Dear Editor,

I am a ‘Cradle Catholic’, brought up in the time of changes wrought by Vatican II and I’m

thoroughly imbued with the spirit of that massive shift in the expression of our faith.

I don’t know Latin, I can scarcely remember receiving Communion on the tongue and

I enjoy reading the Bible for myself without priestly censure. Mass is a place where I go to

be spiritually fed and renewed. I am used to the English translation of the sacred words.

I see Latin as an esoteric anachronism with no place in mainstream Catholic worship in

Australia today.

Having said that, it is with much dismay and apprehension that I read of the new

revisions of the English Mass Texts. Changes appear to be made to the English translation

to better conform to theological niceties and the grammatical structure of a different

language than English. Anyone who has been involved in translation projects would know

that often the spirit of an original is lost if literal word-for-word substitution is chosen.

It is a specialist job to capture the essence of thought and realise it in another culture’s

idioms and ideas of beauty and elegance. I can write prose reasonably well, I believe, but

I certainly don’t have the expertise and talent to write poetry. Our liturgical language

deserves to be the best, most apt and most beautiful we can rise to, not a prosaic work

of ignorant hacks.

I wonder how much better my experience of the liturgy will be when I say that Jesus

is “begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father.”

When the priest has to switch from “This is the cup of my blood, the blood of the new

and ever-lasting covenant; it will be shed for you and for all” to “ For this is the chalice of

my blood, the blood of the new and eternal covenant, which will be poured out for you

and for many.” How will my faith be enhanced?

If these proposed changes go ahead, let’s hope there is lots of education, or should

I say indoctrination, on their meaning and value. Personally, I just see it as a centrist

regressive move with more about Church politics than about the relationship between

Jesus and me.

Yours sincerely

Margaret Jones

Letters to the Editor



The Way Across Tasmania Pilgrimage

Indigenous owners recognized in unique ceremony

3000 people, their Aboriginal heritage is of

great importance and something they wish

to have recognized by the members of the

non-Aboriginal community”.

Archbishop Doyle said that the Catholic

Education Office makes a very significant

effort to highlight the importance of

Aboriginal culture to both Indigenous and

non-Indigenous students.

“This has been a long time in gestation

and I am grateful to Rev Grant Finlay and the

Elders for the advice and encouragement they

had given to the project”.

The ceremony was conducted outside the

main doors of St Mary’s Cathedral where the

plaque now sits on its sandstone plinth.

The arrival of the World Youth Day Cross

and Icon in May 2008 generated a range

of interest across Tasmania, but it was one

particular idea which is now bearing some

fruit. The construction of Australia’s first

permanent pilgrimage route, the 610km

Way Across Tasmania from Smithton in

the State’s north-west to Hobart, in the

South.

The official launch of the Way Across

Tasmania in February 2009 was undertaken

as a bus pilgrimage around the fourteen

crosses dotted across Tasmania with a

wonderful reception at these crosses by the

local communities.

The walking of The Way Across Tasmania

this year becomes a step closer to reality

with two separate walking pilgrimages “The

Southern Circuit” and “The Northern Traverse”.

The pilgrimages are to be undertaken between

21st – 28th March, 2010 and 5th – 11th April,

2010. As this edition of The Tasmanian Catholic

is to be issued after The Southern Circuit, this

article focuses on The Northern Traverse.

The Northern Traverse as mentioned above

is between Monday 5th April and Sunday 11th

April, 2010 and travels from Smithton, Rocky

Cape, Burnie, Forth, Sheffield, Mole Creek,

Longford to Launceston (188km on foot). The

support of local communities with the offer

of billets and meals, allows the pilgrims to be

immersed into the pilgrimage.

Parts of this pilgrimage are open to the

public to participate with the pilgrims however

some parts are unsafe at this point in time

and can only be travelled by the pilgrims.

While not everyone is able to participate

in a walking pilgrimage you are invited

to follow the pilgrimage day by day via a

written blog, video blog and photos at www.

wayacrosstasmania.com or praying for or

with the pilgrims as they traverse across the

northern parts of Tasmania on the journey

of The Way Across Tasmania.

If you would like to register as a pilgrim for

part or the entire journey visit either the CYM

www.cymtas.org.au the Way Across Tasmania

www.wayacrosstasmania.com websites or

contact Michael Hangan, Youth Ministry

Coordinator (03) 6208 6270.

By Michael Hangan


This was a simple gesture but one

which resonated across the Tasmanian

community – and it was a personal project

of Archbishop Doyle.

Recently His Grace unveiled a plaque at

St Mary’s Cathedral, acknowledging the

traditional owners of the land.

“It is the fulfilment of a dream for me – to

begin here at the Mother Church and to

make some gesture of public recognition of

the presence of the original owners of this

particular land, the mouheneenner people,”

Archbishop Doyle said.

The unveiling was conducted in the

presence of Elders from the Tasmanian

Aboriginal communities, including Auntie

Eva Richardson who gave the “Welcome to

Country”. Students from St Mary’s, Guilford

Young College and St Virgil’s Junior School

also attended the ceremony.

“Since I became a bishop, I have become

much more conscious of the presence of the

Indigenous people both here in Tasmania and

in the whole of Australia”.

“I also became aware that for 3% of the

Catholic population in Tasmania, some

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Archbishop Doyle Writes

“It has been

said that more

frequently we lose

track of Jesus in our

lives, rather than

that he is stolen

from us.

Dear Friends in Christ,

At some time or other in our lives, all

of us are faced with the reality of

bereavement. It may be the death of a

parent, a partner in marriage, a child of

the marriage, a close friend, or a young

child. All of us have to face that experience,

some more often than others. Anyone who

has suffered bereavement will know the

emptiness which comes as a result.

It was that experience of bereavement

and emptiness that was dominating the lives

of Mary Magdalene and her companions

immediately following the death of Jesus.

The traditions of the time required that all

burial activities cease for the Sabbath, and

while the hope would have been that all

requirements were completed by nightfall,

it seems that they could not finish the task in

time. “They have taken the Lord, and we don’t

know where they have put him.”

The lament of Mary is the lament of

those who are not able to mourn fully and

completely. The case that comes to mind is

when the loved ones are never found. Even

in recent times, discoveries have been made

in Flanders which has finally allowed relatives

to bring their grieving to an end some ninety

years after the events of World War I.

While the Easter message is one of hope

and victory over death, it does not resile from

the pain of death. The picture we have of

Mary Magdalene is of a person who will not

be happy until she uncovers the truth about

Jesus. She wants to find him at all costs, and

she ran to engage Peter and John in the task.

The disciples found it hard to keep up with

her as they ran back to the tomb, so keen was

Mary to find the answer.

The first indication that something

unexpected had occurred was the empty

tomb, with just a woven garment lying

there on the stone floor. It was possible that

a crime had been committed, and the body

of Jesus has been stolen. But a more likely

explanation is that such garments were no

longer necessary. At the same time the sun

begins to rise, and the disciples begin to

believe.

It has been said that more frequently we

lose track of Jesus in our lives, rather than that

he is stolen from us. We become busy with

the demands of life, and the pace of it can

overtake us. We find ourselves trying to see

with just a low powered light and our vision

becomes blurred.

The question could well be asked:

“Where would we be if Mary had remained

silent?” The wonderful account of the events

of Easter morning would have been lost,

had it not been for her. Mary herself, as the

tradition tells us, was lost, engulfed in a life

of a woman of the night. She may well have

wondered whether anyone would believe

her, as she ran back to the town to tell people

of her discovery, and to seek their assistance

to overcome her grief.

The person to whom she turned, St Peter,

did not offer much hope, given that just two

days earlier, he had denied that he even knew

Jesus. St John might have been a better

prospect, but he was still very young. St Paul

would later become the strongest proponent

of the truth of the Easter events, but at the

time they were occurring, he would not have

been very interested at all.

The conclusion is that God chose the most

unsuitable people to be the Easter people.

That has continued to be the case from that

time right till the present day. For those of

us who believe in the Easter message, I hope

that we will take heart from the celebration

that occurs at this time, despite our short-

comings.

All of us suf fer the emptiness of

bereavement, some more deeply at this

very time, and my hope is that the wonderful

Easter message will help us to lift the weight

of sadness from our shoulders, and through

us from the shoulders of others.

May the Risen Christ give us strength and

hope, as we celebrate again the victory of

Easter with our faith communities and with

our families and friends.

ADRIAN L. DOYLE AM

Archbishop of Hobart

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In another exciting step for community housing, Centacare has

just completed the purchase of 54 elderly persons’ units from

Australian Red Cross (ARC). The 54 units are located in Burnie,

Westbury, New Norfolk, Richmond and Kingston.

The units were originally constructed for ARC in the 1970s and early

80s in response to the difficulties being experienced by older people

at the time, some of which was caused by the bushfires in southern

Tasmania. ARC has continued to provide this accommodation service

since that time.

With the ever changing landscape of community services, ARC had

taken the decision to move out of this last area of accommodation

provision they had so they could focus on other services.

In an excellent example of inter-agency cooperation, Centacare

and ARC worked together over some months resulting in the total

purchase of the units by Centacare.

Most of the units are already tenanted. Accordingly, the tenants

had concerns about their future. Would the properties be sold to

developers and would they be moved on? Centacare and ARC were

able to spend time travelling to meet with all the residents throughout

the state offering them the security they so desperately wanted and

assuring them that their long term residency was secure.

Sheila Locke, 89, is one of the long-term residents at Richmond.

She was a volunteer at the Red Cross shop in Hobart for more than 20

years before coming to live in the Coal River Valley units.

“I don’t know where I would have gone if we’d been asked to

move,” said Mrs Locke. “This has been my home for so long. It’s lovely

living here.”

Mrs Locke and her fellow residents said that currently, the lack of

transport was the major problem they faced.

Centacare are reviewing the units to put in place some maintenance

work to improve the comfort for the residents and the overall

environment. We also want to take the opportunity to introduce the

broader Centacare services to the residents so they are able to access

them if the need arises.

Centacare steps in to Aged Care Housing

“Centacare doesn’t just want to be a landlord to the residents,”

said Centacare Tenancy Officer, Donna Haas.

“This is their home and we want the residents to feel comfortable,

secure and confident in the knowledge that there are a range of

services available to them if the need arises,” said Ms Haas.

“Some residents have lived in their unit for many years and in our

trip to visit them we met some people who had lived there for 16, 17

and 18 years and in one instance over twenty years,” she said .

“It is Centacare’s hope that the residents will continue to remain

with us in their home for as many years again, said Ms Haas.

At the time of writing, there were two vacant units at the Richmond

site.

The units in the five separate locations have historically been

called “the Red Cross “units and while Centacare recognises the great

contribution made by ARC not only to these units but to the broader

Tasmanian community, at an appropriate time there will be steps

taken to change the name.

Each of the blocks of units are a centre point for branches of Red

Cross and Centacare have willingly offered to continue to support

the Red Cross branches by providing use of the common facilities for

meetings etc. Agency supporting Agency can only have benefits to

the community, even if it is through small steps.

“Some residents have lived in their

unit for many years... we met

some people who had lived there

for 16, 17 and 18 years”

Residents (L-R) Sheila Locke, 89, Mavis Broughton,81, Josephine Daniels, 91, Michael Newman, 68 and Margaret Davis, 81.

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to examine the topic of racism.

Two years after the National Apology,

Indigenous Australians continue to suffer

systemic injustice and social disadvantage.

Australia’s multiculturalism is a point of

pride, yet international students are subject

to violence on our nation’s streets. Some of

the harsher aspects of our asylum seeker

policy have been abolished, but an increase

in the number of refugees arriving by boat

prompts fears of a perceived threat to our

border security.

The 2010 Eureka Street/Reader’s Feast

Award (30+ age category)

The 2010 Eureka Street/Reader’s Feast

Award will be presented to the writer of the

essay that best explores the theme, ‘Australia

Eureka Street’s essay competition 2010: Australia – a racist country?

– a racist country?’ in the context of one or

all of these and related issues. Essays should

feature a strong humane perspective, provide

criticism of current situations and suggest

positive outcomes or alternative ways forward,

within 2000 words.

The award of $5,000 is open to any

Australian writer aged 30 or over as of

January 1, 2010.

Margaret Dooley Award for Young Writers

2010 (under-30s age category)

Eureka Street’s Margaret Dooley Award

is offered to support the development of

young writers. Entrants should submit a

piece of writing that offers reasoned ethical

argument based on humane values. This

could take many forms, for example: advocacy

or criticism of current ethical frameworks; an

ethical response to a contemporary social or

political issue; ethical exploration of personal

experience or cultural phenomena. Note:

Entries to the Margaret Dooley Award DO

NOT NEED to reflect the theme of the Eureka

Street/Reader’s Feast Award. The piece of

writing should be no longer than 1,500

words.

The award of $1500 is open to any writer

under the age of 30, as of 1 January 2010.

Second place in the award is awarded $350,

and third $150.

All entries must be received by 5pm Friday

11 June 2010.

The winner’s essay will be announced

and presented during the Reader’s Feast

Crime and Justice Festival, taking place in

Melbourne on 16, 17 and 18 July 2010, and

will be published in Eureka Street.

Please visit www.eurekastreet.com.au/

article.aspx?aeid=19573 for more submission

guidelines.

GENERAL NEWS


Even Mary Magdalene thought that the Risen Lord was a gardener. Only when Jesus

took the initiative and called her by name that she recognised Him. Not by physical

sight but by the eyes of faith given to her by the Risen Lord Himself.

One of the great emotional experiences of a Christian pilgrim to

the Holy Land is the visit to the tomb where Jesus was supposed to

have been buried. Some very often kiss the empty tomb. As Christians,

we believe the Resurrection of Jesus is the foundation of our faith.

But the empty tomb by itself does not prove the Resurrection. It is

even true today. If a tomb is found empty one does not immediately

conclude to a resurrection of the dead body.

Some Biblical and Theological Perspectives

The Resurrection of Jesus Christ

By Fr Dudley Perera OMI, Parish Priest, Bridgewater-Claremont-Brighton parish

Easter is the most pivotal time of the year for those who view the world through the eyes of faith.

In the Easter ceremonies we recall the events that happened and the mysteries that have been passed

on to us in unbroken tradition over two thousand years. From rabbits to eggs to fruity buns, we attempt

to capture in flesh an experience that is overwhelming. We metaphorically wade through the waters of

baptism – our Exodus. We light the Easter fire and light our individual candles to celebrate the victory of

light over darkness. In Australia we may sometimes struggle with a season that belongs in Spring in the

Northern Hemisphere, yet new life in Jesus is always ours regardless of the season.

Fr Dudley opens up the scriptures for us and challenges us to be part of the great mission to pass on the

wonder and re-assurance of the Risen Lord who remains with us today.

Biblical DataAll four Gospels relate the story of the women disciples’ visit to the

tomb where Jesus was buried. This was in the next morning after the

burial of Jesus. All the women found the tomb empty. However it was

the by the heavenly messengers at the tomb that made the women

believe in the Resurrection of Jesus. The words of the messengers

went like this: “He is not here, He is risen”. The women disciples were

the first to learn about the Resurrection of Jesus. They were asked

by the heavenly messengers to go and announce this good news to

the male disciples.

Mary Magdalene was one of the women standing by the cross of

Jesus. She was one of the women disciples who visited the tomb. The

Gospel of John mentions only one woman who visited the tomb on the

morn after the Sabbath. She was Mary Magdalene. She immediately

ran and told the Peter and the Beloved Disciple this astonishing find.

The two disciples ran to the empty tomb. It is said that out of the two

disciples it was the Beloved Disciple who went into the tomb after

Peter, who saw and believed. Mary was still standing by the tomb

after the disciple left. The Risen Lord appeared to her. At the end of

this brief encounter the Risen Lord Himself sent Mary to announce

this good news to others.

Because of this great privilege accorded to her by the Risen Lord

Himself, Mary has been called by early Christian tradition the Apostle

of the Apostles. The apostle literally means one who is sent (hence

the title). Subsequently the resurrected Christ appeared to the male

disciples and made them apostles of this good news.

Paul was not a disciple of Jesus in his earthly life. However he

calls himself an apostle because he has seen the Risen Lord. “Am I

not an apostle? Have I not seen the Risen Lord” (1 Cor. 9/1). The Acts,

Apostles and his own writings tell us how Paul was converted. Paul

understood his conversion to discipleship also as a missionary call.

Hence he went and preached the good news to the Gentiles (non

Jewish communities). In Christian tradition, he is rightly called the

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Theological Reflections.The appearances of the Risen Lord sealed the faith of the disciples

in the Resurrection. However, faith was born in the disciples not by

physical sight but by the eyes of faith. Even in his earthly life many

people saw Him. Only a few of His disciples who had some type of faith

in Him believed there was something divine in Him. It was after the

Resurrection and the appearances of the Risen Lord to the disciples

that made it possible for them to have fuller faith in His divinity.

Not all people were given the privilege of “seeing” the RisenChrist.

Even His closest disciples did not recognise Him when He appeared to

them. Luke 24 tells of the two disciples going to Emmaus who imagined

the companion who joined them on their journey was an ordinary

man. It was only when the stranger later broke bread for them that

their eyes were opened. The initiative of the Risen Lord generated

faith in them and they went back and announced the good news to

the other disciples in Jerusalem. Even Mary Magdalene thought that

the Risen Lord was a gardener. Only when the Jesus took the initiative

and called her by name that she recognised Him. Not by physical sight

but by the eyes of faith given to her by the Risen Lord Himself. Faith

in the Resurrection is a gift given by the Risen Lord to those whom

He calls to be His followers.

Disciples of the Risen Lord TodayIn John 20, the Resurrected Christ told Thomas: ‘Blessed are those

who have not seen but yet believe’.

Every Sunday we recite in the Creed: “I believe in One, Holy, Catholic

and Apostolic faith”. It is through the faith of the first Apostles that we

believe. The Apostles were sent by Jesusto go and preach. When the

apostles preached the Resurrection, faith was born in some people

who heard the good news. Faith came from hearing.

It was through the power of the Risen Christwho promised to be

with the apostles that the people’s faith was born. Why faith only in a

few and not in all listeners?.The only possible answer is that’s how God

works and chooses Hisown.The apostles preached and bore witness

to their faith. They in turn sent others to preach. These others went

and preached and communities of disciples grew. Moreover, most

importantly some of the first disciples wrote down their experiences

in what we call the Sacred Scriptures. Together with preaching and

witnessing, these Sacred writings (which enshrined the Apostolic Faith)

helped generation after generation to consolidate their own faith and

evangelize others. This is our calling and our mission.

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Last year I tasted camel for the first time.

It arrived frozen from WA. I ate it with

friends who live in a remote community

where hunting and eating camel, kangaroo

and lizard are part of daily life. We ate it

deliciously stewed and curried. This week

the same friends turned up with a road-

killed possum, and roasted it on a fire in

the back garden with sweet potatoes. When

you’re used to meat sanitized from the

butcher’s, it takes a certain aplomb to eat

a possum leg with the claws still attached.

I got another food shock when I gave

lemons to an African

friend. She immediately

peeled one and ate

it, remarking that in

Sudan she’d season it

with chilli first.

What a complex

b u s i n e s s f o o d i s ,

involving health, ethics,

culture, economics,

politics, ecology, fashion and fads. I try and

keep flexible, keep questioning.

By and large, I choose to not eat anything

that has a face. If I eat meat I want to know

it’s not been factory-farmed. I grapple with

the sustainability of sea-food. Battery eggs

and anything genetically modified are out. To

limit the harm I do to earth, air and water, I try

and eat locally grown, in-season, chemical-

free produce.

Yet I own two carnivorous cats, routinely

set beer-traps for slugs, squash caterpillars

eating the broccoli and try to dispatch snails

as kindly as my godmother, who says “Go

to God,” as her boot crunches down. My

neighbour’s teenage daughters are on the

side of the slugs and empty the beer out

of his traps.

Who’s to say whether the life of the cat or

the butterfly is more or less valuable than the

cow’s? I have no doubt that the camel’s life

matters to her as much as mine does to me,

and that she wants to die as little as I do.

It’s not so much moral arguments

that shape my food choices, but

the justice issues

The Bread of LifeBy Annie March, Cathedral Parish

Ben’s Divine Bread

Ingredients

3 cups bread flour

(I use Kialla bread-mix)

1 cup seeds and grains

(Eumarrah 7 grain mix)

1 tsp instant yeast

1 tsp salt

1½ cups water

Soft rolled oats

Equipment

Heavy deep baking dish with lid

Tea-towel or old flour-bag

With a wooden spoon mix the first 4

ingredients in a good-sized bowl. Add the

water and stir till all the flour is absorbed.

Cover the bowl and leave the dough to rise

at room temperature for 18 hours.

Flour your work surface. Tip out the dough,

dust it with flour, shape it roughly into a

square an inch deep, then fold 3 times into

a strip 4 by 10 inches. Let it rest for 10 minutes.

Rub flour then oats into the tea-towel. Fold

the dough into a cube, smooth, then place

carefully onto the towel. Cover, and leave in

a warm place to rise for 2 hours.

30 minutes before the rising’s finished, put

the baking dish with its lid into the oven and

set at 425 ̊ F. When the oven’s heated, tip the

dough carefully into the hot dish, and replace

the lid. Bake for 30 minutes, then remove

the lid and bake for 20 more minutes until

the loaf is rich brown. Put on a rack to cool.

Devour reverently…

involved. Thirteen vegetarians can live off the

same area of land as one meat-eater. When

you live on a planet whose population is seven

billion – one billion of them short of food – it

seems only fair to move over and make room.

A child dies of hunger-related causes every

five seconds. It takes 13 kilograms of grain to

raise one kilogram of meat. So cutting down

on meat, and feeding the grain to the hungry,

seems a sane, sustainable and just solution.

Then there’s the relationship between

diet and climate change. Meat production is

carbon intensive. While it takes between two

and three calories

of fossil fuels to

produce one calorie

of protein from soy

beans or grains, it

takes 54 calories of

fossil fuels to produce

one calorie of protein

from beef. Reducing

my carbon footprint

seems to me a moral imperative. Perhaps part

of the challenge for Catholics is to broaden

our concept of ‘pro-life’ to include the health

and wellbeing of future generations?

Another simple way to reduce carbon

emissions is to cut down on ‘food miles’ – the

distance food travels from factory/ farm to our

kitchens – by growing fruit and vegetables.

I’m getting just like my mother, who’d go into

the garden ‘for five minutes’ and emerge filthy

and happy three hours later.

I don’t understand why I love growing

food but am bored witless by cooking. There

are signs that this is changing. I’ve always

liked the idea of making bread, but found

it arduous, time-consuming. I got flour

everywhere and ended up with a couple of

mud-bricks. Then my son sent me a recipe he

claimed was almost labour-free, foolproof and

superb. Incredulous, I tried it. He was right.

It was so simple and so mouthwateringly

delicious that I now make bread every week.

It will be part of my Easter ritual because it’s

about transformation – death and rebirth

– in the kitchen. Flour, yeast, salt and

water dance themselves into a living

dough that’s sheer sensuous pleasure

to touch and smell, then evolves into

delectable, fragrant loaves which our

bodies transmute into work, play,

prayer...

“What a complex business

food is, involving health,

ethics, culture, economics,

politics, ecology, fashion

and fads. I try and keep

flexible, keep questioning.”

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On Sunday, March 14, 2010, the SSJ Centre

at Sacred Heart College New Town was

filled to overflowing with Josephite sisters

from many parts of Australia, their friends,

colleagues, family, former students and

present students of schools where they

have worked throughout Tasmania. In 2010,

the co-founder of the Tasmanian sisters

of St Joseph, Blessed Mary MacKillop, will

be canonized and this was a fitting way

to celebrate her legacy. The sisters also

acknowledged the enormous contribution

of their other ‘parent’, Fr Julian Tenison

Woods.

Provincials and congregational leaders

from all over Australia came to support the

Tasmanian sisters in the Blessing and Official

opening of the Josephite Mission and History

Centre. There were representatives from both

the Federation and Central groups of sisters.

The Congregational Leader of the Sisters of St

Joseph of the Sacred Heart, Sr Anne Derwin,

was present as well as representatives from

New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria.

There was a particular welcome for the Sisters

from the Goulburn Branch who have recently

agreed to form one congregation with the

Tasmanian sisters.

The new initiative of the sisters is housed

in the former convent on the corner of Clare

and Cross St. This historic building has stood

as a New Town landmark for 123 years. It has

been truly and most valuably recycled!

The new centre beautifully and

professionally tells the story of what God

has done and continues to do through the

lives of the sisters in Tasmania: From the first

journey of Sr Francis McCarthy from Perthville,

NSW to Westbury, Tasmania in 1887 through

the establishment of schools all over Tasmania

to present day initiatives where the sisters are

involved in adult spiritual direction, tertiary

education, administration, social work, parish

work and so on in Tasmania and other places.

The story is told through text, pictures and

artefacts in an historic and welcoming setting

and the centre will be a wonderful resource for

schools, historians, pilgrims and the general

Catholic population.

A feature of the lovely opening ceremony

was a large wooden map of Tasmania.

During a narration of the story of the sisters

by Noreen le Mottee, students from Sacred

By Mary-Anne Johnson

Josephites celebrate opening of Mission and History Centre

Heart and McKillop Colleges placed markers

(‘foundation stones’) on the places around the

state and beyond where the sisters have had

an influence. Candles were also lit to mark the

spread of the light of Christ with the sisters as

they travelled. Needless to say, the map and

the candle holder were soon full!

The new centre is most deliberately

termed the Josephite Mission and History

Centre. The term ‘Josephite’ encompasses

not just the sisters, but their families and lay

supporters and anyone wishing to investigate

the Josephite charism; ‘Mission’ is placed

before ‘History’ to emphasise the ongoing

living nature of the Josephite story. The

specially written response sang by the choir

of sisters during the official opening captures

the essence of the Josephites’ story: Lift up

your hearts and carry the torch!

In his blessing, Archbishop Adrian

prayed:

Blessed are you Lord God of all creation

In your kindness hear our prayers.

Bless the building now known as the

Josephite Mission and History Centre and all

who will visit and work in it.

May all who enter be blessed with wisdom,

peace and love.

By their experiences in this place of memory

and mission may they give witness to your Gospel

and bear abundant fruits for your kingdom.

May this centre lead others to live the spirit

of Joseph, Blessed Mary MacKillop and Julian

Tenison Woods and be inspired by their example

to follow Jesus more closely.

Grant this through Christ our Lord, Amen.

After the opening and blessing, everyone

was invited to view the Centre and enjoy some

of the lovely afternoon tea provided by Mrs

Robyn Thompson and her clever student

cooks and charming waiters from Sacred

Heart College.

To contact the sisters and arrange to view

the Centre, you can call 6278 1503 or email

[email protected]

Congregational Leader Sr Anne Derwin.

Sisters of St Joseph singing at the opening.

PARISH NEWS



The newly restored St Brigid’s Church at

Tunnack in the Midlands was blessed

by Archbishop Adrian Doyle on March 13,

2010.

The charming and humble timber Church

seemed to be gleaming proudly in the

bright Autumn sun as her pews were full to

overflowing once again for the special Mass

and blessing.

Former St Brigid’s Convent School student,

Paul O’Brien, said “It was a fantastic event

as there were many former students who

returned to see these restoration works on

the Church and priest’s cottage.”

Following the blessing, the congregation

met at the Tunnack community centre across

the road for a shared barbeque lunch. Many

memories were exchanged and relived over

the congenial get-together, as former students

pored over the photographs researched and

provided by Mr O’Brien and members of the

St Brigid’s historical committee.

For many decades, St Brigid’s Catholic

Church was an integral part of the lives of

many Catholic families living in the Oatlands

Municipality, with an attached convent school

educating generations of children from local

Catholic and non-Catholic families over nearly

100 years.

“In previous days, Tunnack had both a state

school and St Brigid’s Convent School which

covered Grades 1 – 7 as many students left the

education system at the age of 14 years.”

Mr O’Brien said a group of former students

are researching a historical book on St Brigid’s

Convent School, the Tunnack State School

and the former Church of England.

“We are putting this information together

so the history and legacy of these educational

St Brigid’s shines once more

institutions which now are long gone isn’t

forgotten. The convent school, which closed

in 1963, was later removed across the football

oval to sit next to the local hall as a public

building.”

“What is unique about St Brigid’s Convent

School is the numbers of students who went

onto excel in many fields. Also this was first

school run by the Sisters of St Joseph in

southern Tasmania who took it over in 1891.”

Over the decades, St Brigid’s Convent

School produced a Lord Mayor of Melbourne

(Thomas Nettlefold 1942-45), senior police

officer (Clarence Byrne), Supreme Court judge

(Robert Nettlefold), and Queen’s Counsellor

(Brian Nettlefold) before closing in 1963.

“There are many more students who went

to have very successful careers in nursing,

education, industry and farming. Some even

joined the Church as priests and nuns and

many served overseas in WWI and WWII.”

The restoration of the Church has been

carried out through the Central Parish with

the interior completely stripped back, electrics

re-wired, plaster redone, furniture cleaned,

and the altar retouched. The original Priest’s

cottage has also been revamped, and set up

as a meeting facility.

If you are able to share some history for

the new historical book on Tunnack,

the committee would love to hear from

you over the next few months. Please

contact Paul O’Brien (03) 6227 8948 or

Maria Rodgers (03) 6272 5952.

Signing of the visitor’s register.

Archbishop Doyle blessing the refurbished priest’s cottage.

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YEAR OF THE PRIEST

When I think back over the almost 35 years since my ordination I

can only be amazed at the direction that my journey has taken and

thank God that I have been richly blessed by family and friends who

have supported me through the journey thus far.

My earliest real memory of thinking about being a priest occurred

in 1964. I can remember speaking to a Christian Brother in Geelong

as my family prepared to return to Tasmania that I needed to study

Latin, as I was thinking about being a priest. There had been a number

of priests up to that time who had been family friends and who had

influenced me - the one who was to continue to be significant in my

life was Fr John Wallis who had been the parish priest at Glenorchy

before we moved to Geelong - but it was when we came back to

Tasmania that I became involved in Young Christian Students (YCS)

and met and was influenced by a whole series of young men who

had been ordained in the 1960s.

These men were vibrant and full of energy and seemed to have so

much to offer. I suspect I was also more than a little in awe of Archbishop

Young but, at that stage, never felt intimidated by him.

The journey to the seminary and my studies for the priesthood

started more than a little strangely - at least to me. I was with a group of

friends and the conversation turned to what we were doing next year

- the supposition being - what subjects were we doing at Uni. When

it was my turn I simply said I was going to the seminary - the thought

had been in my mind but I had not spoken to anyone about what this

might mean nor how or what I needed to do to make it possible.

Later that week I spoke to Sr Julianne Dunn and she arranged for

me to see Archbishop Young a few weeks later on a Thursday after

school. I was welcomed into his study and he simply talked about

when he’d asked to go to the Seminary and what had been involved

for him. He then gave me some papers and said that he would be in

touch with my parents and so the

journey started.

My time in Werribee, the

first three years, was not easy

as I struggled with the study of

philosophy as well as the loneliness

of not having any family who might

visit. I was fortunate that I made

some really great friendships with

my year mates who allowed me to

join them for holidays during the

term breaks when it was not possible

to get back to Tasmania.

After ‘surviving’ Werribee I went

to Glen Waverley for one year and then to the new Corpus Christi

College at Clayton. When I had been at Glen Waverley for a few

months I finally did the psychology tests that others in my year had

done before going to the Seminary to see if I was a suitable candidate

for the priesthood. Luckily no one goes to the Seminary unless these

evaluations have been completed and they are now and integral part

of the interview and discernment process.

If that wasn’t different, it wasn’t until after I’d been ordained a

Deacon that I finally told that the results suggested that I might have

some character flaws that needed work before I progress any further.

Thankfully, my moderator and the rector (as well as Archbishop Young)

thought that these areas of my life had been well and truly worked

through and that I was ready for ordination. Some people today

might say that there might need to be some further thought about

that presumption - but who is perfect anyway?

My ordination in 1975 was in the August after the Tasman Bridge

collapse but, in spite of it being a

wet and windy winter’s night, the

Cathedral was filled with family

and friends, many of whom had

come from the Eastern Shore, as

well as my brother priests from

Tasmania and the mainland. The

support of my family at that time

was, and is, important to me and

it has enabled me to be open to

the challenges of the Priesthood as

my life has evolved. The prayerful

example of priests I have worked

with encouraged me to have a deep

prayer life and over the years the prayerful support of the people I

have had the pleasure of serving as a priest has continued to sustain

me in what being a priest today means.

In 1977 Archbishop Young asked me to go to a training session for

Chaplains to Industry and thus began a 30+ year involvement with

Industrial Chaplaincy. During the next 17 years I worked (part-time) as a

Police Chaplain, Fire Services Chaplain and Chaplain to Humes Concrete.

During that time and in the period since I have been involved at both

State and National Level with Boards of Management and currently

serve as a member of the National Board of Converge International

- the Company that continues the work of the Inter-Church Trade and

Industry Mission (ITIM) founded 50 years ago.

Life as a PriestBy Fr Mike Delaney

“I was going to the seminary

– the thought had been in my

mind but I had not spoken to

anyone about what this might

mean nor how or what I needed

to do to make it possible.”

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YEAR OF THE PRIEST

Not long after that the Archbishop asked me to attend an Annual

Meeting of the Tasmanian Council of Churches (TCC). Through the

years I have held a number of roles within the Council and currently

am serving as President. The involvement of Catholics in this body is

significant in the Ecumenical history in Australia and the world through

the leadership of Archbishop Young - and the present day Council is

still strongly supported by substantial Catholic involvement, and I’m

proud to be part of that journey as well.

Through my involvement with the TCC I attended a National

Forum of the National Council of Churches in Australia where I was

appointed a member of the Christian World Services Commission

(CWS) - not as a member from the TCC but as a representative of the

Catholic Church. The appointment is from ‘Forum to Forum’ and

the next gathering is July this year so I will wait to see whether my

involvement continues with CWS.

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continue to grow and serve the

people of Tasmania”

Whilst at school I joined the Sea Cadets and after ordination I was

asked whether I might like to join the Navy Reserves as a Chaplain.

Of course I said yes - again not knowing what that might mean nor

where it might lead me. I received my commission in 1983 and have

continued to serve both ashore and at sea when possible for the

past 26 years.

As well, I have had the pleasure in working in 11 areas within

Tasmania and being involved in the lives of countless thousands of

people during that time. I have shared their joys and happiness as well

as being with them in their times of sadness and grief. I have prayed

with them and cried with them, been hurt by their reactions to me

and, at times, caused hurt by my responses to them but always I have

tried to bring the day and people’s need to the Lord in prayer and

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the people of Tasmania for years to come.

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last September, priests throughout Australia were invited by

Harvest Pilgrimages to be part of a “Year of the Priest” special

Pilgrimage.

So, I replied and joined 30 other priests from around Australia for

a ten day Pilgrimage in February. I wondered if this experience of the

Holy Land as a Pilgrim would be as good as the time spent as part of

last year’s study group. Once again it was a wonderful experience as

we once again walked in “The Footsteps of Jesus” visiting many of

the same and new places not included last year.

It was a real privilege to visit the places named in the Scriptures, to

have time to reflect and celebrate Mass. As we gathered around the

altar at Mt Tabor we thought of St Peter’s words “Lord it is good for us

to be here.” During our Mass celebrated on a traditional sailing boat

we recalled Jesus calming the storm and appearing to the apostles

walking on this very water. Once again I experienced a deeper link

with the gospel accounts of places we all know by name and events

now linked to places where they occurred.

Harvest Pilgrimages gave us a memorable experience and saw to

every minute detail, with an excellent guide, comfortable bus and

great accommodation. No doubt many of the priests will be keen to

return to the Holy Land once again with people from their parishes

and diocese as chaplains.

I hope Tasmanian Catholics not only have a wish to visit the Holy

Land, but consider the twelve day Archdiocese of Hobart Pilgrimage

in September. As chaplain, I am delighted that already a number of

Bellerive - Lindisfarne parishioners have decided to join this pilgrimage,

and I hope there will be a good representation from across the

Archdiocese.

Fr Peter’s return to the Holy LandBy Fr Peter O’Loughlin, Parish Priest Bellerive–Lindisfarne

If anyone would like to know more about the Pilgrimage, please feel free to contact me and I will answer any questions and send

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How wonderful it is that we are all unique

and how awe inspiring it is the way the

Holy Spirit works in each of our lives.

Recently I was fortunate enough to

be sponsored by the Tasmanian Catholic

Education Office to travel to Jerusalem, where

I spent one month at Ecce Homo in the Muslim

Quarter of the Old City participating in a

Biblical Course, “In the Footsteps of Jesus”.

You may have read some articles about

this experience already published in this

magazine.

As I had this opportunity, and I was due

some long service leave, I

decided to stay on overseas for

a few months. I wanted to visit

an old school friend in Rome

and to do part of the Camino in

Spain. I enjoy walking and I had

heard of this pilgrimage to the

shrine of St James through my

position as Religious Education Coordinator

at St James Catholic College in Cygnet. It

did not occur to me at the time that I had

chosen the three prime places of pilgrimage

for Christians. My trip took me to other places,

beyond these, and even there, the sense of

being on pilgrimage continued. I felt this

especially in my experiences in Croatia on All

Souls Day and sharing time in Britain with a

friend. My friend annually visits monasteries at

Mount Athos in Greece and who is translating

a book into English for a community there.

Though passionate about my faith and

my relationship with God and following the

example of Jesus in my life, I often feel a bit

of a misfit concerning “religion”. Personally

My Camino – a personal religious By Terry Smee, RE Coodinator, St James College, Cygnet

I class myself as somewhat of a heretic;

not quite fitting into the Catholic mould,

whatever that might be today. I am always

reluctant to appear in anyway superstitious

or over emotional about my experience of

the “transcendent” in life. Yet my pilgrimage

at the end of last year changed this in some

way for me.

Perhaps I can explain through my Camino

story. After leaving Jerusalem, I travelled to

Rome, which was to be my base for the various

places I was to visit in Europe. I did visit the

Vatican, but like a number of the Churches in

Jerusalem, in all honesty this was not really

a pleasant experience for me. Though awe

inspiring in its art and architecture, I found the

opulence disconcerting and as I am somewhat

claustrophobic, I found the crowds stifling and

the ‘tourism’ aspect over-the-top. So getting

out of Rome, out into the countryside of Spain

was something I was looking forward to. Little

did I know it was to be much more.

My Guardian Angels

Like many things in Rome, the transport

system did not always run to schedule. After

a long delay at Campino Airport, I arrived in

Madrid with very little time to catch a train

to Leon. From there I was to make my way

to Villafranco di Bierzo, to start my Camino. I

could only spare one week for my pilgrimage.

Though many walk a much longer distance,

you can receive a certificate if you have walked

for 100 kilometres on consecutive days and

you have had your credential stamped twice

each day. I had less than half an hour to make

my way to the train station, purchase a ticket

and find my train…all without knowing more

than one or two words of Spanish. I did it

with a minute to spare. But when I found the

train, I was parched and in desperate need

of a drink. And wouldn’t you know it? The

water machine in the train was out of order. I

found my carriage and seat and sat

to contemplate how I would make

the 5 hour plus journey without a

drink.

In the sparsely occupied carriage

an African priest sat across the

aisle from me. I said “Rome” as I

recognized him as one of my fellow

passengers, who had to wait in the long line

during the delay. That was the beginning of

a wonderful conversation, which included

the canonization of one of his order and the

tardiness of the United Nations in fulfilling

their promises of aid to countries such as his

birth country – the Congo. This companion for

the journey’s name was Deogratias Kahuranyi

or Deo.

In my planning for the Camino I actually

wanted to start walking from O’Cebriero as

the 30 kilometres from Villafranca del Bierzo

to O’Cebriero was one of the toughest legs

of the whole Camino across the top of Spain.

However I was only able to get a bus as far

as Villafranca. So I had to start there. I arrived

‘Jesus’ attempted to start a conversation but

as my Spanish was all but non-existent, he

decided to sing while winding our way up

through the high, winding hills of Galacia

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experienceat about 9.30am the following morning after

spending a night in Leon. Once in Villafranca

I made my way to the closest Albergue (basic

accommodation for pilgrims) and asked if

there was anyone who could speak English.

I simply asked to use the toilet and to be

pointed in the right direction to start my

trek to Santiago, the burial place of St James.

After having a drink which they kindly offered

me and freshening up I was informed by

the lady, who spoke English, that Jesus A

Jato, the man who ran the albergue thought

that the section between Villafranca and

O’Cebriero was too much for me (I had not

said anything about my original plans to

begin my Camino at O’Cebriero) and would

I accept a lift to the next town? How could I

refuse? I waited until this rather rough looking

character finished cleaving what looked like

bones for his dogs, before we set off on our

journey. In a miniature European panel van

we set off up into the hills. Jesus attempted

to start a conversation but as my Spanish

was all but non-existent, he decided to sing

while winding our way up through the high,

winding hills of Galacia, which reminded

me very much of the green coastal regions

of Tasmania. This singing was interrupted

from time to time with the winding down

of his window and spitting, a habit I would

normally find gross but something you accept

in another place and culture. We stopped

at a small village, where Jesus deposited

some bags, obviously belonging to other

overburdened pilgrims. I went to leap out of

the car, only to be signalled to wait. I was to

be taken all the way to O’Cebriero.

Some measure of communication is always

possible regardless of language barriers and

once we arrived Jesus managed to establish

that I was a Christian. He took me by the hand

and led me into a little stone church where the

Blessed Sacrament was exposed. There were

two kneelers before the Blessed Sacrament…

so there we prayed for a little time. I followed

Jesus out. In the foyer sat some women who

would stamp your credential. I had not even

really started my Camino, yet Jesus picked

up every stamp he could and stamped my

credential numerous times. The women

thought this very amusing. We exited the

Church only to be confronted by the Civil

Guard, but that is another story I did not get

to the bottom of. Jesus bid my farewell and

blessed me for my journey.

I then came across the only Australians I

met on my journey, who pointed me in the

right direction to start my Camino. Later in

the day, once I was in a rhythm of walking

and could reflect on all that had happened,

I chuckled out loud realizing that my two

guardian angels for the beginning of my

Camino had been Deo (God) and Jesus. After

this experience how could I not feel loved

and protected?

Another character I met on my journey

was Rui, from Portugal. I spent the equivalent

of two days with Rui. I had met him at a

crossroads, where I was confused about the

direction to follow. I had missed the sign – one

of the continuous yellow arrows that pointed

the way. I was amazed at what I shared with

this total stranger on my journey. We talked

about many things; personal and worldly,

“...my two guardian angels

for the beginning of my

Camino had been Deo

(God) and Jesus. After this

experience, how could I not

feel loved and protected?”

and what was wonderful was the deep level

at which we were able to communicate. In

the normal circumstances of our lives, I could

not foresee such an opportunity, but being

on pilgrimage places people together who

are open and searching and allows small

miracles to happen. The extra bonus for me

was that Rui was young and energetic and

helped carry my backpack as I was suffering

from tendonitis, having overdone the distance

my aging body could manage comfortably.

I left Rui on the outskirts of Santiago de

Compostella, and limped very slowly into the

city toward the Cathedral. It was raining and

to soothe myself I sang “would I ever forget

you my people”. To my delight as I passed the

sign “Santiago” a beautiful rainbow spanned

it. I knew that rainbow was for me. It was not

until months later that I thought of the word

for spirit being “ruah” so much like Rui. Could

he have been my third guardian angel?

Throughout the whole journey I took from

early September to late November I had an

overwhelming sense of being loved, cared for

and protected. I guess the signs are there for

us everyday, but for me, I had to be removed

from my usual circumstances and busy life

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Many Tasmanians recently participated in a most extraordinary

event held in Melbourne - The Parliament of the World’s

Religions. The event gathered together the world’s religious

and spiritual leaders from around the world, including our own

Indigenous leaders, working together to examine the main theme

Make a world of difference: Hearing each other, healing the earth.

The event brought together such leaders as Prof Joy Wandin

Murphy, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Cardinal George Pell, The Dalai

Lama, Hans Kung, Sr Joan Chittister, Rabbi David Saperstein, Dr Tariq

Ramadan and so many others that the mind boggled!

The seven sub-themes of the conference were: Healing the earth

with care and concern; Indigenous people; Overcoming poverty in

an unequal world; Securing food and Water for all people; Building

Peace in the pursuit of justice; Creating social cohesion in village and

city and finally, Sharing wisdom in the search for inner peace.

The programme was then divided into Evening Plenary sessions,

intrareligious Engagement sessions and symposia which included:

Religion and ecology, connection to Copenhagen, Poverty and

development

War and the role of Religion in a just and sustainable world

Sacred sites

Sacred solidarity

Science and religion

Educating religious leaders for a multi-religious world

Enhancing religious leadership for the future

Australian schools: educators and students

Voices of Latin America

Parliament of World’s ReligionsBy Terry Sussmilch

However, specially significant for this time of the year, one of

the sessions was about peace building in the West Bank and Gaza.

Representatives of the groups Jerusalem Peacemakers and Abrahamic

Reunion discussed the extraordinary work they are doing to build

peace in the Middle East. This news does not often reach the public.

The presenters were asking for the moral support in meditation and

prayer from people of faith around the world. If you would like to read

about a truly uplifting movement, which, daily, is building peace and

understanding in an extremely challenging environment, visit:

jerusalempeacemakers2008.jerusalempeacemakers.org

www.uri.org/CC_News/Multiregional/abrahamicreunion.html.

Those wonderful people will appreciate your thoughts and prayers,

particularly over the holy season.

There were also many exhibitions and visual arts presentations,

musical and sacred dance performances and off-site events, such as

community nights.

There was just simply a feast for everyone, no matter what people

were looking for – almost too much to comprehend.

The office of the Parliament is currently creating a DVD of the

highlights of the event. To obtain an idea of some of the richness

and wisdom shared by the world’s indigenous peoples and sacred

traditions, you can visit www.parliamentofreligions.org. These

excerpts catch a little of the tremendous goodwill generated by

the open-hearted discussions. This goodwill is being continued

through such organisations as Religions for Peace and through

the blog www.peacenext.org

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Carmelite nuns who traditionally produce communion hosts

for French churches have launched a campaign against cheaper

imported Polish hosts produced by a secular workforce.

In a battle that threatened to

take the bread from their mouths,

nuns producing communion

wafers for French churches

were shocked to learn that the

religious authorities at Lourdes

were contemplating buying

cheaper hosts from Poland, the Guardian reports.

Sister Marcelline, from the Carmelite convent at Carmel de Saint

Germain-en-Laye just outside Paris, said: “Foreign producers, namely

those from Poland, have undercut the market.”

For many of France’s 36 religious communities who make 140

million host wafers every year, and the additional 30 groups who

live off the dwindling sales, the income is vital for their survival, the

report said.

The Lourdes church has since announced it would continue

to buy wafers made in France – but only after negotiating a price

reduction.

“nuns producing communion wafers for French churches were shocked to learn that the religious authorities at Lourdes

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In order to spread the word the convents have launched a publicity

campaign video entitled Les boulangères de Dieu (God’s Bakers).

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We need a radical overhaul of

much of our thinking about

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liberate ourselves from the belief that

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We, as a society, would need to

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a lateral experience, one made up of

constant new beginnings, possibilities

and challenges that can occur in any

order, at any stage of life.

We would be required to open ourselves to the present moment

and the slow, inevitable dawning of our own potential wisdom. For

these are the years when we can, at last, liberate ourselves from past

anxieties, fears and frustrations. As we gently let go, life reveals to

us what really matters and invites us to live more deeply within its

eternal, spiritual truths.

As well-known Benedictine Sister and international lecturer, Joan

Chittister tells us in her book, The Gift Of Years, the gift of ageing is

not merely being alive, it is “the gift of becoming more fully alive

than ever”.

Within the context of Catholic Healthcare, Chittister guides us to

an attitude of life and care that more fully reflects our mission and

values as an organisation founded on Christian principles.

As managers, directors, personal carers, healthcare workers, social

workers, therapists, nurses and volunteers, we are called upon to be

awake to this spiritual dimension of people as they age.

Through this mysterious journey, we accept the invitation to allow

each moment to reveal Christ as a constant, ever-present reality.

Celebrate the gift of ageingBy Chris Rigby, Managing Director, Catholic Healthcare

“life reveals to us what really matters and

invites us to live more deeply within its

eternal, spiritual truths”.

If church and values-based organisations such as Catholic Healthcare

do not lead in this area, who will?

Across our residential aged, health and community services, we

need to remember that healthy aged care cultures and environments

are based on people and life-enhancing relationships.

We may offer excellent clinical care, the latest aids, furniture,

and devises, even a glass of wine with dinner. Yet all that pales into

insignificance without quality, spiritually nourishing relationships

between staff and our residents and clients.

It’s about education. We need to create environments that foster an

understanding in our employees that the functional side of their role

is but one dimension - understanding that being matters every bit as

much as doing. As an industry, we must strive to create spiritually alive

communities of friendship for our residents, clients and staff.

In this, we can all grow, every day, with each passing year. Moments

can arise between us where we can just be, where Christ’s infinite

gentleness and wisdom is manifest.

Let us imagine a society that honours the ageing process and reveres

those passing through it. By doing so, we could truly thank older people

and all generations would truly have something to celebrate.

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according to a community aged care policy

blueprint released today by the nation’s

largest non-government provider of hospital

and aged care services. Helping more ageing

Australians to live in their own homes longer

would reap huge psychological rewards for

individuals, save taxpayers money, and free

up hospital beds, Catholic Health Australia

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the policy blueprint.

“Australia has a rapidly ageing population

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CHA’s community aged care policy

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CHA: Make aged care an entitlement like Medicare

“Most Australians assume aged care is

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home aged care.

“Most Australians assume aged care is

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system. “The Federal Government’s aged

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to live in their own homes.

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residential care services, people would be

able to choose whether to stay at home or

move into a residential service.”

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Scrapping the Howard Government’s

Aged Care Act 1997 allocation formula

for funding aged care places, and replacing

it with a ‘Medicare’ style entitlement;

Setting care payments in both residential

and community care services at equal

amounts, to create choice as to whether

care is delivered in a person’s home or in

a residential aged care facility;

Abolishing the current Aged Care

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of social issues that concern Tasmanians and try to discern how the

Social Teaching of the Church is best applied to our situation.

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distribute resources to that end, bring specialist speakers to Tasmania

and speak up politically in the light of Catholic teaching when that

is deemed appropriate.

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February. This year, the group met at beautiful Maryknoll in Blackmans

Bay on February 12 -13. Members from across the state took the time

to meet each other and renew friendships over Friday evening.

On Saturday, Fr Denis Allen provided a reflection time for the group

based on Psalms 41, 86 and 94.

In one of these, Psalm 86, verse 10-11, the Psalmist writes:

For you are great and do wondrous things;

You alone are God.

Teach me your way O LORD, that I may walk in your truth;

And give me an undivided heart to revere your name.

Reflecting with Fr Denis helped inspire everyone to try to walk in

God’s truth and decide directions and plans for 2010. During the day,

Archbishop Adrian joined in the discussion and added his support

and counsel.

Some priorities identified are:

Supporting the work of the Inter-Church Gambling Task Force

and TASCOSS in combating the problems of gambling addiction,

particularly in regard to poker machines

Monitoring conditions in the prison system and liaising with

agencies involved in prisoner support

Providing a new issues sheet on the importance of health care in

our community

Looking at the effects of climate change on the vulnerable and

educating others as to responsible stewardship of the Earth.

Providing an issues sheet on ecology, especially in light of Pope

Benedict’s message for the World Day of Peace 2010

Giving Tasmanian voters some material from a Catholic perspective

on issues involved in the coming elections

Supporting young people with our involvement in initiatives such

as Justice Action Day

Bringing more young people on to the Commission

Keeping our communications up to date and available to all

through our website: http://www.hobart.catholic.org.au/TCJPC,

the Tasmanian Catholic and our newsletter: JustNet .

Promoting the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Social Justice Sunday

Statement through a local launch and guest speaker.

The current members are Dr Paul Crowe, Maria Gill and Susan Ikin

from Launceston; Sue Hyslop from Burnie, Richard Chapman from

Latrobe; Gloria Lonergan from Middleton and Leigh Delaney, Sue

Tooth and Dr Gerry McGushin from Hobart.

Perdita Sonntag had been working in the Archdiocese as the

resource officer for the Commission until recently, but has now taken up

an offer to work for Amnesty International in Hobart. The Commission

thanks her for her work for us and wishes her all the best for the future.

At the time of writing, the process of finding a replacement is underway.

Previous Resource Officer Mary-Anne Johnson will be covering the

position until the new Resource Officer commences.

The Commission exists to serve the Tasmanian Catholic Community

and any other interested parties. If you think it can help you,

don’t hesitate to contact us. Email [email protected] or phone

(03) 6208 6271. Go to the website http://www.hobart.catholic.org.

au/TCJPC and you can download specially written issues sheets on

gambling, mental health, prisons, unemployment and restorative

justice and our pamphlets on the ‘Four Principles that can Save the

World’, the latest JustNet and archived back copies , as well as reading

about our commissioners and current initiatives.

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Joan Chittister, In My Own WordsAuthor: Mary Lou Kownacki

ISBN: 9780764817533

Publisher: Ligouri Publications

RRP: $24.95

Sister Joan Chittister entered the

Benedictine Sisters of Erie in 1952. She

has become a well-known speaker and

writer. Depending on the point of view

of the commentator, she is described as

“prophetic voice” or “a dissident nun”. This

volume is a sampler of her writings and

public speeches over the years.

To review it I have had to read it in one go.

Much better would be to slowly go through it

daily in your quiet time. The chapter headings,

all posed as questions, cover faith and prayer,

contemplation, hope, sin, women. They ask

‘How can we live in peace? and ‘What does

it mean to be human?’

The compiler, Mary Lou Kownacki, says it

would be a mistake to picture Joan sitting

at a computer and posing questions as a

philosophical or theological exercise. “All her

questions erupt out of lived experience.” It’s

because of this that Sr Joan’s words resonate

within you and lead you to make sense of

your own experiences, both the negative

and positive ones.

To illustrate this I will talk about an

unexpected reaction I had to a piece early on

in the book. Sr Joan talks about coming home

from school in Grade 2 after her teacher, a nun,

has told the class that non-Catholics will go to

hell. Little Joan tells her mother about it and

her mother encourages her to think it through,

using Joan’s knowledge of her stepfather as

a good person to work out that Sister is not

correct. Like Joan, I too am a product of a

‘mixed marriage’ – in those days a term for a

marriage that wasn’t two Catholic parents.

As a young child our family had a routine

of daily Mass and Benediction three times

a week to convert my non-Catholic father

so that he didn’t go to hell. Unfortunately

he died unconverted while I was a teenager

and still held those beliefs. That passage of

Sr Joan’s resonated with my childhood pain

but brought a freedom too that the theology

of time was simply incorrect.

Kownacki says that Sr Joan knows that

she speaks not only for herself. “I simply say

out loud” she said “the questions that are

bothering people everywhere, eating out

their hearts and eroding their commitment

to both Church and State.”

It is because Sr Joan’s words can touch your

heart in unexpected ways that this is a book

to dip into daily rather than read all at once.

Sr Joan describes God as “the magnet of our

lives, the breath of our hearts, the stuff of our

lives.” She writes about keeping alive hope in

the face of injustice and oppression. “…the

idea of never allowing the destructiveness

of the present to defeat our commitment to

achieve the ideal is essential.”

Because she is widely travelled and has had

many important roles, she can give personal

insight into current events that we just see on

the news. There is a very moving account of

her conversation with Iraqis who have fled the

war and who are cared for by a community

of Basilian nuns. And a lovely story about

reconciliation between Palestinian and Jewish

women, with a young Palestinian telling the

older Israeli that she is confused. When asked

why, she replies “I’m just confused. I don’t

know what to do now that my enemy has

become my friend.”

In My Own Words is an ideal springboard

for getting to know Sr Joan Chittister, or a

way to get to know her ideas better if you are

already familiar with her writings. If you are

one of the people who see her as a dissident

nun, it’s probably best to avoid this volume!

But from this book you would learn that she

would be the first to acknowledge your right

to question what she has written here ‘in my

own words’.

Reviewer: Teresa Murty

The Mass – A Guided TourAuthor: Thomas Richstatter

ISBN: 9780867166460

Publisher: St Anthony Messenger Press

RRP: $34.95

The title of this book is a sign of what lies

inside. This is a light but imaginative

guide to explain the Mass. As the cover

says: ‘The Mass is a central mystery of our

Catholic faith, but that does not mean that

everything about it has to be mysterious.’

This would be useful for RCIA candidates

in their initial acquainting with the liturgy,

but also useful for seasoned Catholics

wanting to enrich their understanding of

what is sometimes taken for granted. I’d also

recommend study of this book regularly by

parish liturgy groups.

The book is starts as a ‘pilgrimage’ around

four sites: Christmas, Holy Thursday, Good

Friday and Easter Sunday and then takes a tour

through the ‘Symphony in Four Movements’

- which is the Mass. Those movements, taken

from a scriptural pattern, are Gathering, Story

Telling, Meal Sharing and Commissioning. The

book covers liturgy, Church history, theology

and personal reminiscence.

Although this book was written by an

American Franciscan, the universal themes

and the user-friendly style will resonate

with Australian readers. Enjoyable and

enlightening.

Reviewer: Mary-Anne Johnson

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LIFESTYLE

Fr Richard Leonard SJ presents

new to DVD titles. He is the

director of the Australian

Catholic Film Office

Lights, camera, action!

New Moon (The Twilight Saga: New Moon)Starring: Kristen Stewart,

Robert Pattinson, Billy

Burke, Taylor Lautner,

Michael Sheen.

Director: Chris Weitz.

Rated M (supernatural themes). 131mins.

Since the four novels by Stephanie Meyer

have sold gazillions of copies, the market

of teenage girls (and, so we are informed, of

40-something mothers) is at the ready for

this DVD. The first film Twilight was such a

success that it was an instant cult movie. A

year later, New Moon was released and there

is only a wait of seven months before the

next sequel arrives, June 2010, Eclipse (and

for the astronomically minded, the fourth

novel is called Breaking Dawn).

Both screenplays so far have been written

by Melissa Rosenberg. She has a great talent

for capturing the moods of teenage romance,

the language of teens. Director Chris Weitz

(The Golden Compass – as well as American Pie!)

has the skills to pace the action and dialogue

to the timing and pace for the niche audience.

This means that many adults are going to

find it slow going at first with all the teenage

romantic angst. When the huge wolves do

appear, the film perks up considerably with

some unexpected action and some good

special effects.

There is also an excursion to Italy to meet

the Volturi, the ancient upper class leaders of

the vampire clan, led by Michael Sheen taking

time out from being Tony Blair or David Frost

(and speaking his lines clearly which can’t be

said for the leads).

Kristen Stewart is a strong presence as Bella,

even if she has to do a whole lot of mournful

mooning. Robert Pattinson disappears for a

lot of the film except for some brief ethereal

apparitions but earns his billing in the final

half hour. Taylor Lautner provides a good

contrast with the vampire. And the film ends

with a finely dramatic question...

So, it looks as though New Moon does

exactly what it set out to do, please the huge

number of readers, provide a female teenage

audience with a film that is theirs, and makes

a case that, despite the Dracula history,

there can be some nice and honourable

vampires.

Reviewer: Fr Peter Malone MSC

Mao’s Last DancerStarring: Chi Cao, Joan

Chen, Wang Shuang Bao,

Amanda Schull, Camilla

Vergotis, Chengwu Guo,

and Huang Wen Bin.

Director: Bruce Beresford.

Rated PG. 117 min.

An inspirational and true story of the

discovery of a prodigious talent in

an 11 year old boy, Li who became one of

the great dancers of the world. Almost by

chance, and upon a seemingly casual gesture

of a sympathetic teacher, Li is selected from

a village school in China by recruiters from

Madame Mao’s ballet academy in Beijing.

On the hunt for talent to demonstrate

the worth of the Cultural Revolution, they

failed to foresee Li’s passion for freedom,

as well as for dance, that led him to defect

dramatically to the West in 1981, while

performing on a short-term cultural

scholarship with the Houston Ballet in

the US. Li, brilliantly played in the film by

Chi Cao, danced with the Houston Ballet

for many years, before joining other ballet

companies for a period of time, including the

Australian Ballet.

The real force of this film comes more from

the magic of dance than from Li’s journey from

poverty to fame. The film exposes us through

flashbacks to Li’s poverty as a boy, and the

drama builds up pace with the defection

scenes involving Li’s first wife, Elizabeth

(Amanda Schull), and Li’s later marriage to

his second wife and dance partner, Australian

Mary McKendry (Camilla Vergotis). The dance

sequences were choreographed by Australia’s

Graeme Murphy and Janet Vernon and

involving members of the Australian Ballet

and the Sydney Dance Company. The dance

sequences are superb and they are captured

beautifully by the film’s cinematographer,

Peter Jones, who makes excellent use of slow

motion in his camera work, and Beresford

powerfully uses audience-reaction to Chi

Cao’s dancing to capture the artistry that

unfolds. The performances of Cao, who is

Principal Dancer with the Birmingham Royal

Ballet, manage to achieve extraordinary

emotional impact.

Ballet fans will love this film. Wider audience

response, however, is virtually guaranteed by

the fact that Li’s dramatic story is well told.

Chenwung Guo, who plays the teenage Li

in the film, now dances with the Australian

Ballet, and Li himself works as a stockbroker

and motivational speaker in Australia, and

lives in Melbourne with his wife, and their

three children. Mary gave up her dance career

to look after one of their children, who was

born profoundly deaf.

This is a film that will hugely entertain. Its

philosophical and cultural underpinnings

provide edifying moral messages, and the

movie is a welcome return of Bruce Beresford

to Australian cinema.

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Passion Sunday, Year C

BLESSED IS THE KING WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!

Help fill in the details of the important events of Holy Week.

Crowds of people saw Jesus ride a donkey into the city of Jerusalem. The people cheered, “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!”

Draw some of the symbols of Passion Sunday.

HOLY THURSDAYWrite down what you know about the last supper.

After the last supper, Jesus led his disciples to the garden at Gethsemane to be with him while he prayed. It was here that Jesus was betrayed by Judas and arrested by soldiers.

Draw some of the symbols of Holy Thursday.

PASSION SUNDAY

Write down what you know about Pontius Pilate. Jesus carried his

cross through the streets until he arrived at Calvary where he was crucified. With the sky dark he died on the cross.

Draw some of the symbols of of Good Friday.

GOOD FRIDAY

HOLY SATURDAY

Holy Saturday is a quiet time when we reflect on the death of Jesus.

Draw the closed tomb where Jesus’ body lay.

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Ash Wednesday acknowledges the beginning of the Lenten

Season for Catholics universally and for the community of

Guilford Young College it was the opportunity to gather as one to

participate in the life of the Church.

This year the focus was solidarity with the people of Haiti in response

to the recent devastation caused by the earthquake in their country.

Fr Laurie Moate led the ritual inviting the community to be present

to and accept the challenge that the Lenten season is a time for all to

focus on a ‘change of heart’, to be more fully open to opportunities

to reach out and ‘be more’ rather than want more for ourselves. The

student leaders decided to show their solidarity -as the people of Haiti

did not suffer in silence, but with noise, and so proposed to beat the

world record for blowing the number of party whistles at one time,

thus to say we are one with others, even at their lowest time.

GYC students whistle for solidarity



Question Box – Questions about the Catholic faith

Is there something about the Catholic faith you want answered?

Contact: Catholic Enquiry Centre

[email protected]

Ph: 1300 4 FAITH (1300 432 484)

QUESTION BOX

Q I am a Catholic and I go to Church every

Sunday. I even served as an acolyte for

several years now. Before I came to Australia

in the 1980s, I was married with four kids. In

1993, I got divorced and re-married again.

With my second wife, we were married by

a marriage celebrant only.

Then a few years ago I completed the

acoylte training course and have been

serving every Sunday or whenever they

need me.

Then out of the blue, the priest and the

staff of the church told me that I can not

serve as an acolyte anymore because I was

married and divorced and re-married again.

Their term is I should be “incummunicado”,

and I should not take communion, because

of my situation.

Therefore, I want to know if they are

right or not. Because for me I just want to

serve God. So if they are right, there are a

lot of people who go to Church and should

be incummunicado too because they are

divorced and living with a new partner.

They also take communion. Can you please

enlighten me on this topic please?

A Thank you for your question. If I

understand your story so far, this is

what has occurred: You first got married in

a Catholic wedding. Later you got a divorce

and remarried in a civil ceremony. If this

is the case when you took your marriage

vow you did so in the knowledge that your

marriage was a permanent arrangement.

In the eyes of the Church you are separated

from but still married to your first wife. Divorce

is a civil law matter and relates to legal

obligations between people and the status

of the relationship in the eyes of the State.

There is no sin associated with the

separation and divorce. The concern relates

to your current living arrangements. As noted

earlier in the eyes of the Church you are still

married to your first wife and as such you

are living with a woman who is not your

wife and you are therefore

not in accordance with the

Church’s teachings.

As you are aware, an

acolyte acts in an important

public role at Mass. Once the

parish priest became aware

of your situation he had little

choice other than to stop

you acting as an acolyte. If he

did not do this he could be

seen as publically endorsing

your actions with regard to

your second marriage.

The above is the problem.

Let us see if we can work

towards a solution.

Obviously, you are man

who takes his faith seriously. If this was not

the case you would not have volunteered to

act as an acolyte at Mass. If this is the case

you might want to investigate applying for

an annulment, or decree of nullity with regard

to your first marriage. An annulment is not

a Catholic divorce, it is a judgment made

by a competent authority that the marriage

that you and your first wife entered into was

not a valid sacramental marriage. There are

a number of reasons that this judgement

may be made but there is no guarantee

that it will be made. Whereas a divorce is an

arrangement between partners, an annulment

is the result of a considered judgement of a

competent authority following a thorough

investigation.

If you were granted a decree of nullity

(and it is not dependent upon the number

of children nor the length of the marriage)

you would then be free to marry you current

partner in the Church and return to acting

in the role of acolyte. If you wish to start the

annulment process (it is not quick and it is

not easy, but it is ultimately worthwhile) you

need to contact the Marriage Tribunal in the

diocese in which you were married.

In terms of what other people do. I cannot

comment. After investigation you may find

that a number of the people that you think

may be acting in a manner contrary to

Church teaching have in fact gone through

the process of an annulment. The real issue

however is not what others do but what you

do and your standing before God while you

lovingly care for your current partner. In short,

there is some sorting out to do. It won’t be

quick and it may not be easy but if you stay

with the process you might just find that you

have grown both in your relationship to God,

the Church and to your partner.

Q This year my Mum will have been

teaching in Catholic Schools for 50

years. Is it possible to get a Papal blessing

for this accomplishment? If so what is the

process I would need to follow.

A What a wonderful idea. What you

need to do is to make contact with the

Chancery in the Diocese that you live in.

The Chancery is the central administration

office for the diocese and the phone number

should be available through the internet.

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Emily Finch and Shaun Woods.Emily is the daughter of Elizabeth and Dennis Finch from Burnie and Shaun is the son of Michael and Vicki Woods of Zeehan.Married at the Burnie Rhododendron Gardens. Saturday, 9th January 2010. The celebrant was John Girdauskas, who is also Emily’s uncle.

WEDDINGS

The Tasmanian Catholic accepts for publication photographs of weddings in Catholic churches. Every effort will be made to publish such photographs at the first opportunity, but delays may occur due to limited space. Original photographs sent by mail will be returned if requested.

Digital photographs should be submitted on disk with a minimum resolution of 300dpi.



Mary Guy’s was not an ordinary life. Former Senator Nick

Evers wrote of her some years ago: ‘She’s one of the most

inspiring people I’ve known. Tough, yet tender; passionate, yet

clinically objective when the occasion demands; belligerent, bawdy,

persistent...scrupulously honest and loyal to a fault; and aggressively

positive”.

I find myself using a similarly long list of adjectives: strong,

courageous, fierce, determined warm, caring, loyal, intelligent.

Many of us have known Mary for her very public role as an advocate

for social justice, against any form of discrimination. Mary worked

with politicians, administrators, public servants, heads of agencies

at all levels of Government and in the not-for-profit sector. Of all the

successes achieved she was probably most proud of Minister Judy

Jackson’s introduction of personal care for people with disabilities,

through in-home support as a very special breakthrough.

Mary was the single most influential person in the development

and growth of Community Based Support (CBS), which grew from a

budget around $65,000 21 years ago to over $10m now.

As a long serving alderman at Glenorchy City, Mary made it her task

to transform this City into the first place in Tasmania where everyone

can access the footpaths, the roads and the businesses. While that

work is not complete, it is well on the way.

Mary Guy: Not an ordinary lifeBy Adriana Taylor, Mayor of Glenorchy

them, from an early age, to provide her with a social life and with

educational and creative opportunities. She went on to become

an accredited coach and judge of baton twirlers at national level, a

College teacher and an accomplished artist who sold her paintings

internationally.

She was always inventive and clever. She was a warm and happy

and generous person. In many ways Mary became the lynchpin of the

family because she was always there. The restrictions placed on her

physically also made her the perfect observer and confidant.

She has many friends because she was herself a generous and

loyal friend.

Mary’s primary aim was to change attitudes. And in the end that’s

what Mary will want to be remembered for, that she changed the

society she lived in, for the better.

She was a good woman who loved well and was deeply loved.

Mary wasn’t too keen on institutions and rules, but she knew God as

a God of love and compassion and justice. Rest peacefully now Mary

in the arms of that God you served so well.

We would like your comments, suggestions or general feedback on issues covered within the magazine.

Letters to the Editor [email protected]

Postal address:

The Editor, Tasmanian Catholic GPO Box 62, Hobart TAS 7001.

Mary’s primary aim was to

change attitudes. 28 March 1942 – 2 February 2010

Mary’s interest was not limited to Access issues. She loved young

people and took an active role in supporting our Youth Task Force

and our youth initiatives, and was well informed on and debated all

issues on the Council agenda. Mary was not at all partisan and focused

always on issues, not on personalities. Her Council colleagues, staff and

Aldermen, admired and respected her and are sad at her passing.

Mary was fiercely independent and fought to be seen as a person,

not as a victim and not through her disability. Indeed, soon the

wheelchair became invisible. We were too busy dealing with the

challenges she presented, or fulfilling the expectations she had, or

enjoying her conversations about life, love and the universe.

It is right to talk about Mary’s achievements, but let me also tell

you about Mary the woman. Mary loved beautiful things including

clothes and watches. She loved to shop and noticed and commented

on what the rest of us wore.

Mary’s family and friends were very important to her. There were

many people she loved, and was deeply loved by. Mary was an

extraordinary woman because they allowed her to be. She needed

OBITUARY

With the 150th anniversary of the death of the Curé of Ars, St John Vianney - the patron saint of priests - Pope Benedict XVI invites all Catholics to celebrate the Year for Priests which began on the 19th of June 2009.

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